Section 27 in Delhi Prisons (Transfer of Prisoner, Labour and Jail Industry, Food, Clothings and Sanitation) Rules, 1988
27. Prisoners to be searched before transfer—Receipt to be taken.
(1)When prisoners are about to be transferred, they shall be paraded inside the jail, and the Superintendent shall satisfy himself that the clothing and bedding of each prisoner is in good order and in proper quantity.(2)They shall be carefully searched in the presence of the Deputy Superintendent and of the officer in .command of the Police escort, from whom a receipt shall be- taken for the prisoner's property and documents made over to him.
